Arduino launches New Platform

The newly launched platform is a modular platform for IoT development.

Arduino is an open-source hardware and software company,
project and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers
and microcontroller kits for building digital devices

“SMBs with industrial requirements require simplified development through secure development tools, software and hardware to economically realize their IoT use cases,” said Charlene Marini, the VP of strategy for Arm’s IoT Services Group. “The combination of Mbed OS with Cortex-M IP in the new Arduino Portenta Family will enable Arduino’s millions of developers to securely and easily develop and deploy IoT devices from prototypes through to production.”

Arduino, the
open-source hardware platform, recently announced the launch of a new low-code
platform and modular hardware system for IoT development. The idea here is to
give small and medium businesses the tools to develop IoT solutions without
having to invest in specialized engineering resources.

IOT is a multi-layer
technology that manages, processes, and transfers information through connected
devices with the help of the Internet, providing connectivity to various
IoT-compatible hardware devices such as mobiles, laptops, wearable fitness
devices, industrial control systems, automotive telematics units, and drone
units. The hardware components in the environment are connected to the cloud
through flexible connectivity options, data processing components, and secure
civil and military networks.

The
new hardware, dubbed the Arduino Portenta H7, features everything you’d need to
get started with building an IoT hardware platform, including a
crypto-authentication chip and communications modules for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low
Energy and LTE, as well as Narrowband IoT. Powered by 32-bit Arm
microcontrollers, either the Cortex-M7 or M4, these low-power modules are meant
for designing industrial applications, as well as edge processing solutions and
robotics applications. It’ll run Arm’s Mbed OS and support Arduino code, as
well as Python and JavaScript applications.

The
new H7 module is now available to beta testers, with general availability
slated for February 2020.